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Thread: Army's New round?

  1. 02-28-2018, 06:18 AM #1
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    Army's New round?

    https://taskandpurpose.com/army-next...-squad-weapon/
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  2. 02-28-2018, 10:19 AM #2
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    punch like a tank!!!!! I got a chuckle out of that. Seems we had two rounds back in ww1 ww2 and korea that were everything and more. they were called the 308 and 3006.
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  3. 02-28-2018, 11:06 AM #3
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    Yeah that's fairly hilarious. Let's see a M4 hold up to 70K psi ammo. If they want to keep the same type of rifles it'll be something like a 6.5 Grendel. Considering they just adopted that piston driven AR from H&K, I doubt they'll be buying a different rifle any time soon. Plus all that big heavy ammo is too much to carry for the new generation of recruits.
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  4. 03-03-2018, 08:25 PM #4
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    Sounds like another pipe dream from the brigade of paper shufflers.
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  5. 03-03-2018, 09:19 PM #5
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    Adding a new caliber to the 5.56, 7.62, .45ACP, 9mm lineup is going to make the Logistics/Supply/Quartermaster types just love life.
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  6. 03-03-2018, 09:48 PM #6
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    The Army already canceled their new rifle/cartridge project. That was likely due to logistics cost problems with supplying a new round to everyone too. They decided to stick with the 5.56 like usual. So this may be old news that got rehashed by the media again.
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  7. 03-04-2018, 12:09 AM #7
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    I'm guessing there was a reason that the 6.8 SPC (Special Purpose Cartridge) was developed, but then it became a commercial cartridge for huntin and plinkin
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